The I.M.A.P. program is adding a new immersion experience in South Africa after a student push for the expansion.
The two week program, located in Cape Town and the surrounding areas, will run from Dec. 27, 2014 to Jan....

The Courage to Dare foundation hosted its third annual fashion fundraiser Sunday in Marquette’s Weasler Auditorium to raise awareness and increase education about breast cancer in West Africa and among the African American community...

This letter is in response to Emil Ovbiagele’s April 20 column, “Africa to host World Cup and shake off false perceptions.” Ovbiagele wrote with condescension and arrogance when describing Americans’ view of Africa.
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When Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe walked hand in hand with visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad into a press conference in Zimbabwe last Thursday, eyes rolled.
Both are tyrannical leaders who hate the West, and for...

I was completely thrown off by Chatroulette.
A friend recently sent me a video of Ben Folds using the social Web cam site at a concert.
He set a laptop on his piano and improv-serenaded whoever popped up on the scre...

I saw a moment of pure divinity Tuesday while watching "Anderson Cooper 360": Haitians singing their hearts out in spite of the perils and the hopelessness surrounding them.
Days after the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the bea...

Wanted: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes of unspeakable savagery and the carnage of a nation.
If this societal miscreant is found, he should be handed over to international authorities.
Reward: a better world.
A...

Aloha! As we bask in the euphoria of our various holiday experiences and savor the nostalgia of vain summer flings, our dearly beloved world has endured its own share of the season’s heartaches and passionate kisses.
The...